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Annual Report and Accounts 2007/08 www.snh.org.uk Scottish Natural Heritage Annual Report and Accounts 2007/08 65038 Annual Report Cover.indd 1 18/9/08 00:05:21 65038 Annual Report Cover.indd 2 18/9/08 00:05:34 Contents 2 Chairman’s Preface 3 Aim, Operating Principles 4 Chief Executive’s Report 12 Performance on Scottish Government Key Targets 16 Site Designations 17 Grants 18 Nature Conservation Orders 19 Environmental Management Programme 20 Customer Care Standards 21 Communications 23 Management Team 25 SNH Board 27 Structures 28 SNH Offi ces 31 Annual Accounts www.snh.org.uk 1 65038 Annual Report Text.indd Sec1:1 17/9/08 23:44:45 Ask anyone living in or visiting Scotland what they value most about this Preface country, and pretty much everyone will include some reference to scenery or wildlife in their answer. As the public body tasked with looking after Andrew Thin, Chairman Scotland’s nature and landscapes on everyone’s behalf, we appreciate Scottish Natural Heritage the importance of this vital asset. If 2007/08 is remembered as anything in the annals of SNH history, I hope that it will be as a turning point as we work to become better known and build stronger relationships with the Scottish people. This has certainly been a year of fundamental strategic change for SNH. The result is a new strategic approach that puts the Scottish people at the heart of our raison d’etre, and redefi nes all that we do in terms of ultimate benefi ts to them. Alongside that has been a thorough overhaul of the way in which we relate to those who use our services, and to those who pay for them. That is as it should be – we run a public service. But while the strategists have been doing their ‘thinking’ the tacticians have been busy delivering real results on the ground, and this has been a year of exceptionally hard work by everyone involved. As a result, even more of Scotland’s species and habitats are in good heart, even more people are getting out and fi nding ways of enjoying them, and Scotland is (in all senses of the word) a richer country for it. 2 Annual report and accounts 2007/2008 65038 Annual Report Text.indd Sec1:2 17/9/08 23:45:13 Our Aim Scotland’s Natural Heritage is a local, national and global asset. We promote its care and improvement, its responsible enjoyment, its greater understanding and appreciation, and its sustainable use, now and for future generations. Operating Principles We work in partnership, by co-operation, negotiation and consensus, where possible with all relevant interests in Scotland: public, private and voluntary organisations and individuals. We operate in a devolved manner, delegating decision making to the local level within the organisation to encourage and assist SNH to be accessible, sensitive and responsible to local needs and circumstances. We operate in an open and accountable manner in all our activities. Key Target Status Biodiversity Achieved Site Condition Missed Natura Achieved Access to the Countryside Achieved Landscape Achieved Economic Achieved Marine Achieved Scottish Rural Development Programme Achieved Effi cient Government Achieved A summary of our key achievements is detailed on pages 12–15. www.snh.org.uk 3 65038 Annual Report Text.indd Sec1:3 117/9/087/9/08 23:45:15 Chief Executive’s Report This year was one of marked success for SNH: we substantially completed the programme of work laid down in our Corporate Plan for 2005–08, achieving 92% of the targets that we set ourselves. We also refreshed our Corporate Strategy to show the vital role the natural heritage has to play in delivering the Government’s National Outcomes. This report describes SNH’s achievements in 2007/08. It is impossible for any annual report to recount every project and local success, but I hope that this document captures the scope and demonstrates the value of our work, and conveys the passion that the staff, management, and board bring to it. SNH’s 2005-08 Corporate Plan set out our work under four themes: Caring for the Natural World, Enriching People’s Lives, Promoting Sustainable Use, and Delivering the Strategy. It included work securing the conservation of habitats and species, our responsibilities for the identifi cation, designation and condition of sites selected for their value to the natural heritage, the promotion of outdoor access and recreation, and the sustainable management of the landscapes that surround us. Although the main focus of our work is rural, our contribution extends well beyond that. For example, we continued to support the improvement of urban environments through greenspace projects across urban Scotland. We also made possible a range of community projects and volunteering opportunities, and our work on making the outdoors more accessible contributed to the improvement of the nation’s health and well-being. We created new opportunities for business and supported economic regeneration through backing many innovative projects, while promoting and helping to safeguard one of the greatest assets of the Scottish tourism industry. This asset, Scotland’s nature and landscapes, is also an essential part of Scottish identity – a source of national pride and individual enjoyment. To help to maintain this asset we offered advice to government and others, helping to guide policy, major development and community initiatives. We achieved all of this on resources of £71m, through partnership working and with the help of signifi cant effi ciency gains, which exceeded the effi ciency target set for us by government. We increasingly worked in close collaboration with other Government bodies with related responsibilities, helping to establish Scotland’s Environment and Rural Services (SEARS). In particular we played a full part in the huge effort required to implement the new Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP). 4 Annual report and accounts 2007/2008 65038 Annual Report Text.indd Sec1:4 17/9/08 23:45:15 Caring for the Natural World One activity that takes up a signifi cant part of our time and resources is supporting the management of the unique selection of Scotland’s fi nest natural areas that are designated as Sites of Special Scientifi c Interest (SSSIs). These are special for their plants, animals or habitats, their rocks or landforms, or a combination of natural features. Together they form a network of the best examples of natural features throughout Scotland, and support a wider network across Great Britain and the European Union. In total they cover 1,036,000 hectares or 12.9% of Scotland. We committed 29% of our resources and 23% of our staff time to improving their condition. Many Scottish SSSIs are of European importance, and in recent years we have been completing the work needed to identify and designate a series of European Natura sites across Scotland. These sites fall into two types: Special Protection Areas (SPAs) are important for wild birds, while Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) are important for natural habitats and other species. For both types of site we aid Government by identifying possible sites and then consulting over these on their behalf. We also notify interested parties when Ministers confi rm selected sites. In 2007/08 we took forward proposals for eight terrestrial SPAs and over 30 marine extensions to existing sites for seabirds, resulting in three new sites being confi rmed and others reaching an advanced stage. We also progressed proposals for a small number of SACs. A key target for SNH is to bring these features into favourable condition or recovery towards favourable condition. We have a programme of site condition monitoring to determine the results: this is an objective assessment of each feature by specialists. The information gathered allows us to address management problems on sites. The key target was to bring 80% of features into good or improving shape by March 2008, as a milestone towards achieving the target of 95% of features in favourable condition by 2010. Unfortunately, and despite signifi cant effort, we were unable to fully meet this target, reaching 77.5% of features in either in favourable or favourable recovering condition. But this in itself was a major achievement, refl ecting our investment in Natural Care Management Schemes over the last seven years. These schemes reward land managers for looking after the environmental interest of their land. They are entirely voluntary and take-up has not always been as high or as fast as we would have liked. One major factor affecting this has been the uncertainty surrounding the future of agriculture and of public fi nancial support for it. We are hoping that with the introduction of Rural Development Contracts (RDCs) within the SRDP we shall now see a surge of interest that will propel us towards the 2010 target. National Nature Reserves (NNRs) are places where nature is given priority and are a showcase to welcome people to visit some of Scotland’s fi nest natural spectacles. Last year we declared three new NNRs: The Flows, Invereshie & Inshriach, and Glenmore, bringing the total of NNRs in Scotland to 65. NNRs cover approximately 133,000 hectares, ranging from wide expanses of mountain scenery to ancient woodlands and from remote islands to lowland lochs. Part of the purpose of NNRs is to provide areas where people can enjoy and better understand our superb natural heritage, and thereby they make a major contribution to tourism. SNH has continued work to raise standards for visitors on all of Scotland’s NNRs to enhance their role as showcases of Scotland’s unique natural heritage, with extra work going into 16 “Spotlight” NNRs. www.snh.org.uk 5 65038 Annual Report Text.indd Sec1:5 17/9/08 23:45:15 The Government, along with other European countries, has committed itself to halting the loss of biological diversity or “biodiversity” by 2010.
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